The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not want to attract attention.

Quote by Edith Sitwell

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I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority...

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority...

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy...

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy...

A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.

A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.

Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I...

Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I...

Poetry is the deification of reality.

Poetry is the deification of reality.

The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have...

The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have...

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of...

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of...

Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss...

Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss...

The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.

The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of...

I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of...

I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish.

I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish.

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the...

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the...

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's...

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's...

Flattery is false coin that is only current thanks to our vanity.

Flattery is false coin that is only current thanks to our vanity.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Flattery is the infantry of negotiation.

Flattery is the infantry of negotiation.

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight...

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight...